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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1944
Page
1
The article portrays Hitler as isolated, near defeat with exhausted supplies and crippled industry. It argues his primary emotion is self preservation, seeking delay and a possible negotiated peace, while awaiting a risky new weapon.
Soviet offensives across the Hungarian plain drive toward Budapest with 50 miles gained in five days. German and Hungarian forces lose trucks and tanks while 8,000 prisoners are reported. Russian columns clear 65 miles of front northeast of Budapest and seize sixty towns as they push toward the capital.
Chicago reports show 14 to 1 support for Judge Lindsay's ruling that a woman may have a baby 11 months after conception. Letters from mothers nationwide praise the decision, noting long gestations and late births. one dissenter from Fargo cites lack of responsibility.
In South Bend Washington Police Chief William Nygard stunned a large wharf rat that wandered into a city council meeting. The rodent was chased away with a plywood board as officers secured the room.
Japanese radio warned the public that American Superforts over Tokyo on Wednesday would be followed by bombing raids. An imperial communique said Japanese planes raided U S airfields on Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas, a suspected base for reconnaissance.
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong denied U.S. pressure on China’s Communist issue and predicted a new deal with the United States. He cited personal dislike between Chiang Kai-Shek and Stilwell as the reason for recall, stated no policy disagreement existed, and urged closer, more fruitful ties ahead.
Chinese high command announced the recapture of Lungling, the last major Japanese bastion on the Salween front, enabling a potential junction of the Ledo and Burma roads and reopening a land supply route to China. Japanese pressure continued near Kweilin, with siege expected.
Soviet tanks and infantry pushed toward Budapest as panics spread in the capital’s suburbs. Dispatches said the Red Army was breaking into outer defenses while advancing toward the Danube city from positions near Domsod and along a main highway, with Vienna within reach.
German radio reported Russian troops moved to within 14 miles of Budapest. The broadcast said Nazi and Hungarian forces were pushed back to areas south of Bugyi, narrowing the gap to the Hungarian capital.
Eugene report notes Marjorie Young editor of the Oregon Daily Emerald resigning to marry a U S marine. Her predecessor Marjorie Major also married while in the post, reflecting a local trend at the University of Oregon newspaper.
In Philadelphia four newborn quadruplets with strong survival odds receive care from Dr. Ralph M. Tyson. The babies and mother Kathleen Cirminello are reported in good condition while father Joseph Cirminello rests at home. The National Institute of Diaper Service pledges free diaper service from its Philadelphia agency, estimating about 42 dozen diapers weekly.
London dispatch reports about 4 480 tons of bombs on Dusseldorf the main German arsenal while U S strategic air forces claim victory over the Luftwaffe with 208 German planes destroyed Merseburg Merseburg. American losses reduced to 40 L and 19 fighters with several others landing safely in France Mosquitoes attacked Osnabruck as bombers hit Leuna and Rheinmetal Bersig plant defending German oil and arms output.
Aubrey McCabe resigns after over five years as director of the North Carolina Federal Housing Administration. A successor will be named from Washington. The resignation takes effect November 15. McCabe will join the State Mortgage company.
New York reports three nationwide polls show Roosevelt leading in 20 states with 198 electoral votes while Dewey leads in 13 states with 143. A Fortune poll favors Roosevelt for civilian voters at 53.5 percent but avoids electoral forecasts. Gallup splits 22 states 255 for Dewey and 206 for Roosevelt with 70 votes uncertain. Newsweek counts 249 to 247 in Roosevelt’s favor. Crossley suggests 354 to 177 if service votes align.
President Roosevelt warns against hysterical whispers in the campaign and vows no retaliation. He plans a final major speech in Boston with informal stops in Bridgeport and Hartford and a message to supporters asElection Day nears.
Governor Dewey, en route to Albany, focuses on carrying New York and winning Pennsylvania as he prepares what aides call a pivotal speech for a Madison Square Garden rally in New York City tomorrow night. Some urged an earlier speech in Connecticut or New Jersey, but that seems unlikely.
Unusually heavy rainstorms halt major actions on the Italian front with only limited gains by Eighth Army. Allied air sorties fall below 100, British forces advance about a mile south of the Rimini Bologna highway near Forli as fighting concentrates near the Forli air field. German counterattacks test American positions along the Fifth Army front amid harsh weather.
A British freighter sank in the St. Lawrence near Mantane with 45 merchant seamen missing after two explosions. Seventeen survivors reached Petite Matane after six hours in the lone lifeboat. The vessel, outward bound, had a crew of 62 according to one survivor.
General MacArthur disclosed from Philippines headquarters that a Japanese enemy flyer narrowly missed his head by 12 inches during a briefing on Leyte. He said his forces closed on Ormoc as part of a plan to trap Japanese remnants and end the Leyte campaign, with Japanese losses mounting as Allied air, sea, and ground units press the pursuit.
The North Carolina State Grange urged the 1945 legislature to set aside at least 15 million dollars from the general highway fund for permanent soil road improvements. The group warned against diverting highway funds to the general fund and urged repeal of any such transfers.
British commandos and infantry overran Vlissingen on Walcheren island as the month long drive toward Antwerp neared completion. American and British forces pressed toward Rotterdam while U S First Army broke through Hurtgen forest gaining one to two miles and advancing into the Vosges as the front widened toward the Rhine.
Raleigh reports October revenue totals fell from 1943 levels. October 1944 revenue division collected 2,873,177.14 dollars, down from 3,338,357.40 the previous year. Four-month 1944-45 total reached 17,680,330.002 dollars, under 1943 by 205,557.95. Gasoline receipts at 2,219,138.59 were 116,012.25 lower than October last year. Auto licenses yielded 55,376.16 and driver licenses 7,244.22, with total fees 11,371.21, all down from 1943.
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